Verdicts & Settlements

Awarded: $4,500,000

BURNS FROM PAINTBALL EQUIPMENT

While playing paintball with friends, a 13-year-old boy received serious burns from the paintball equipment. This case was very difficult to win, but we fought everyone responsible and won our young client $850,000 with a structured cash settlement paying out four and a half million dollars over the course of… Read more »

Awarded: $753,541

FRACTURED LEG AND ANKLE WHILE OPERATING A FORKLIFT

While on the job at Portland Air Freight, our client received a fractured leg and ankle while operating a forklift. He attempted to unload a truck using the forklift, but the truck rolled away from the dock causing the forklift to fall to the ground and injuring our client. During… Read more »

Awarded: $600,000

NECK AND SPINE INJURY FROM CAR ACCIDENT

While on the job, an infectious disease nurse was driving her car and was broadsided by another vehicle. She received serious injuries to her neck and spine that required extensive spinal surgery. Unfortunately the surgery did not work and she was left in chronic pain and discomfort. Not only was… Read more »

Awarded: $550,000

SEVERE PELVIC FRACTURES FROM MOTORCYCLE ACCIDENT

Our client was riding his motorcycle when he collided with an uninsured motorist who abruptly turned left without any warning or signal. He received severe pelvic fractures that required weeks of hospitalization and months of rehabilitation. To make matters worse, his motorcycle insurance policy only covered $50,000 in medical costs… Read more »

Awarded: $500,000

TRUCK COLLISION ACCIDENT

While returning from a trip to Boston, a young client was involved in a collision accident with a Can Am truck in Kennebunk. Three eyewitnesses claimed our client turned directly into the truck and was responsible for the accident. We didn’t agree. We used reconstruction experts to reconstruct the accident… Read more »

Awarded: $500,000

INFECTED SURGICAL WOUND LEADS TO STROKE

A construction worker had back surgery to repair the effects of a work injury. The surgical wound became infected at the hospital and the doctors tried a 10 day course of antibiotics. The infection seemed to quiet down, but was still there. A few weeks later the worker had a… Read more »

Awarded: $325,000

HOSPITALIZATION FROM EATING CONTAMINATED GROUND BEEF

Our client was an 83-year-old female who required extensive hospitalization after eating contaminated ground beef. As we try to do with every case, we avoided a lengthy trial and were able to quickly recover a substantial settlement for our client.

Awarded: $220,000

Multiple bone fractures sustained in two falls on property stairs

Plaintiff Doreen M. injured herself twice by falling down the stairs from her rented unit in her landlord’s three story house. The accidents occurred two months apart, and Allstate Insurance denied liability. The first fall resulted in a number of fractured ribs, a broken right arm, and broken femur. The second injury consisted of a hip fracture…. Read more »

Awarded: $300,000

WRONGFUL DEATH IN A CAR ACCIDENT

Our client was the passenger in a vehicle driven by a negligent driver. The driver fell asleep at the wheel and crashed- killing our client. Though a sensitive and emotional case, we were able to quickly and painlessly recover in excess of $300,000 for our client’s family without ever filing… Read more »

Awarded: $100,000

HEAD INJURY FROM FALLING BASKETBALL HOOP

In this case our client was a 40-year old male who, while standing on his father-in-law’s property, was struck on the head by a falling basketball hoop. He received a severe closed head injury that required hospitalization and extensive rehabilitation. It was difficult to prove who was at fault but… Read more »

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